Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #303555 in Books
• Published on: 2006-03-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 416 pages

Synopsis
After the death of her parents, April Taylor flees north to take a job looking after Mrs. Westington's deaf granddaughter, Echo, until the arrival of the girl's mother and her drug-dealing boyfriend puts both girls' lives in deadly danger.

Customer Reviews

Reasonably enjoyable read
In recent years, a lot of Virgina Andrews novels have followed a similar template, young woman goes to stay in new place, usually with family, experiences some turmoil in her life, has a relationship with a man, then the turmoil is resolved in the end.

'Girl In The Shadows', refreshingly, does not stick rigidly to that template and is the first V.A. book in a long time not to do so. It does admittedly feature a young woman named April who goes to live in a new place, but with people who are initially complete strangers. Plus, the turmoil she experiences there, and the characters she meets, are somewhat different to the usual V.A. fare. These include a young deaf woman named echo, her tutor and Echo's grandmother, who has raised her. As the story progresses, April matures into a thoughtful young woman who helps Echo and her grandmother a great deal, whilst learning a lot about herself.

The theme of sexuality plays a part, as is usual with V.A. novels, but this time around, bisexuality is touched on. The story is generally well-plotted, the characters are interesting and engaging to read about, and this book is a definite page-turner.

Really, Virginia Andrews fans and those new to her will enjoy reading this. It's an engaging, vivid and enjoyable read.